bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap; wake-up sweets
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
emperor (of Japan); mikado
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others
court noble; nobility; three lords and nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government)
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)